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Dark Passage (1947)

NR 09/05/1947 Romance, Thriller, Mystery 1h 46m
73%
User
Score
7.5/10
90%
68/100

In danger as violent as their love!!!

Overview

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

Delmer Daves

Director

Top Billed Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Vincent Parry

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Irene Jansen

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Bob

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Madge Rapf

Tom D'Andrea

Tom D'Andrea

Cabby (Sam)

Clifton Young

Clifton Young

Baker

Douglas Kennedy

Douglas Kennedy

Detective Kennedy

Rory Mallinson

Rory Mallinson

George Fellsinger

Houseley Stevenson

Houseley Stevenson

Dr. Walter Coley

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Media

Dark Passage (1947) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Dark Passage (1947) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Dark Passage - Trailer

Dark Passage - Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on August 28, 2014

Dark Passage, light journey.

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Vincent Parry has been imprisoned in San Quentin for murdering his wife, he escapes at sets about clearing his name. After being picked up, and then hidden by Irene Jansen (who has followed his case closely), Parry gets a tip from a cab driver which leads him to an underground plastic surgeon. After being given a new face, Parry must keep away from the police and find out just who did in fact kill his wife?

OK, so the plot isn't much to write home about, but the star appeal of the leads and a quite simply brilliant supporting performance lifts this noirish thriller way above average. Humphrey Bogart is Vincent Parry and Lauren Bacall is Irene Jansen, so it's with a tinge of sadness that Dark Passage is considere...

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A review by tmdb28039023

Written on August 27, 2022

Humphrey Bogart spends at least half of Dark Passage heard but not seen. When the movie isn’t shot from his point of view – little more than a gimmick in any day and age, though I guess in 1947 it might have had the benefit of novelty; sort of like a first-person shooter long before first-person shooters –, Bogie’s face is either a shadowy silhouette or wrapped in bandages. The latter is the result of a back-alley plastic surgery, which is itself an oddity since this is an extreme that more often than not only true villains will go to – perhaps because only a truly guilty conscience could bear to part with the face in the mirror.

In this case, however, Vincent Parry (Bogart) is a the victim of a Miscarriage of Justice who sets out to Clear My Name. What happens if he does mana...

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